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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to ADOPT an ORDINANCE, Granting a SPECIAL USE, for an Assisted Living (Sober Living) Facility in a Class R-4 (Single-Family Residential) District for the Property Located at 2116 N. PROSPECT ROAD (Parcel Identification No. 14-34-378-001), Peoria, Illinois. (PS 16-12) (Council District 3)
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BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting to obtain a Special Use for an Assisted Living Facility (Sober Living) at 2116 North Prospect Road; a 4,031 square foot home with 5 bedrooms. The petitioner describes the use of sober living as a 12 step based living facility with house managers. There will be rules that the residents will have to sign, indicating that they will follow the rules. They will be drug tested weekly on a random basis. They will have a group meeting to see how they are doing with meetings, if they have a sponsor, and job or school or volunteer services. There will be AA meetings with the house residents but no therapy or treatment. There will be no alcohol or drugs on the premise and if one of the residents is found with an illegal substance, (including medical marijuana), they will have to leave the house immediately. There will be 8 residents and 2 house managers, for a total of 10 people residing at the property.
The proposed use best fits the Land Development Code definition of Assisted Living, which is defined as a special combination of housing, supportive services, personalized assistance, and/or health care designed to respond to the individual needs of those who need help with activities of daily living because of age or medical condition. This also includes independent living, elderly housing, nursing homes, and hospices.
Please note that the proposed use does not meet the Land Development Code definition of a halfway house or a residential treatmen...
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